22-year-old Tulsa man who recently became a father dies after battle with coronavirus

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Updated: 5:46 PM CDT Apr 7, 2020

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WHAT YOU ARE ADVISING FOR PEOPLE TO DO SO, YOU MENTIONED THE SEE MOST OF OUR DEATHS. IN THE 16 MORE WERE FROM 65 AND OLDER, BUT WE HAD A TOLD THE COUNTY CASE OF A 22 YEAR OLD NAMED ISRAEL SOWS. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT HIS CASE, BUT IT’S A VERY HEARTBREAKING CASE. HE HAD TRIED TO GET TESTED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET TESTED OVER A NUMBER OF WEEKS WHEN HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET TESTED AND ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. HE’S IMMEDIATELY PUT ON A VENTILATOR AND DIED A WEEK LATER AND HE DIED SUNDAY WE HAVE HEARD SINCE WE SHARED HIS STORY LAST NIGHT WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY. THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO STILL ARE TELLING US THAT THEY CANNOT GET TESTED. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT NEVER MIND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE JUST BEEN EXPOSED TO PEOPLE WITH CORONAVIRUS. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK RIGHT NOW. WHAT SHOULD WE BE TELLING THEM? WE’VE SHARED THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRIVE-THRUS. WE’VE TOLD THEM ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE SHARED EVERYTHING ABOUT THE DRIVE-THROUGHS AND ALL OF THAT. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL SAYING THEY CANNOT GET TESTED WHILE YOU’RE TELLING US THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF TEST FOR EVERYONE. FIRST OFF MY HEART MY HEART BREAKS FOR THAT 22 YEAR OLD PERSON THERE IN TULSA AND I HEARD THE SAME THING THAT THAT THAT HE HAD GONE INTO THE HOSPITAL AND COULDN’T GET TESTED. WE’VE GOT WE’VE GOT TESTING SITE SET UP ACROSS THE STATE ARE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ALL ACROSS THE STATE ANYBODY THAT’S LISTENING TO ME CAN CALL 2-1-1 AND THEY WILL DIRECT YOU TO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET TESTED. CORONAVIRUS DOT HEALTH DOT. OKAY DOT-GOV YOU CAN GO THERE. FIND OUT WHERE THE TESTING SITES ARE WHAT SPECIFICALLY HAPPENED AND WHAT HOSPITAL HE WENT TO AND WHY THEY DIDN’T TEST HIM IT JUST IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART. WE HAVE THE TESTING AVAILABLE IN OKLAHOMA. I WANT OKLAHOMANS TO GET TESTED WE HAVE SENT OUT MESSAGES TO ALL OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S ALL THE HOSPITALS. I WAS ON A CALL WITH THE HOSPITALS YESTERDAY. WE ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM THREE TIMES A WEEK ALL OF THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION’S THE NURSING ASSOCIATIONS WE’RE DOING WE’RE DOING MEDIA MEETINGS LIKE THIS PRESS ONFERENCES AT LEAST TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE. SO WE DO HAVE THE TESTING IF YOU ARE IF YOU DO HAVE SYMPTOMS IF YOU HAVE A FEVER OF A HUNDRED POINT FOR COUGH SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR YOU’VE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WHO IS TESTED POSITIVE. WE WANT YOU TO GET TESTED. SO CALL 2-1-1 GO TO THAT WEBSITE YOU CAN FIND OUT CONTACT YOUR HEALTH PROVIDER IF THEY’RE TELLIN

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22-year-old Tulsa man who recently became a father dies after battle with coronavirus

One of the latest victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Oklahoma was as 22-year-old Tulsa man who had made multiple trips to area medical facilities before he was tested.Krystal Sauz told Fox 23 that it took three trips to three different facilities before her husband, Israel Sauz, ever got tested for the coronavirus. She said he was initially sent home from a Broken Arrow hospital with a fever, cough and other symptoms and was diagnosed with a stomach virus.Days later and after the symptoms continued, Israel Sauz was told at a clinic that he had a virus and was prescribed antibiotics. Krystal Sauz told the Tulsa-area television station that she pushed to have her husband tested for the coronavirus but was denied.Israel Sauz got to spend a week with his and his wife's newborn child before he started developing a fever and cough. Krystal Sauz and their child went to her parents' house to protect their health, and she made regular visits back to help her husband at his and his parents' home. Things took a turn March 29 when Israel Sauz had a fever reaching 104 degrees. He was too weak to walk, had shallow breathing and felt like throwing up.Krystal Sauz contacted the state's coronavirus hotline, which told her to contact a hospital and tell staff there that the hotline recommended for her husband to be tested for COVID-19. She took him to Saint Francis Hospital, where he tested positive and was put on a ventilator the next day. Israel Sauz told his wife over the phone he was scared but it was in God's hands. She told him she loved him.Despite showing improvements over the next few days, Krystal Sauz received a call early Sunday saying that her husband may not make it. She got to visit him briefly in the hospital, standing outside a glass window to his room.Israel Sauz was pronounced dead at 10 p.m. Sunday.“My heart breaks for that 22-year-old person there in Tulsa,” Gov. Kevin Stitt said during a news conference Tuesday. “And I heard … that he had gone into the hospital and couldn’t get tested. What specifically happened and what hospital he went to and why they didn’t test him, it just breaks my heart.”The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced Tuesday that 67 Oklahomans have died of the coronavirus and 1,427 people have tested positive. Stitt said 522 people have recovered. Fox 23's full story can be found here.

TULSA, Okla. —

One of the latest victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Oklahoma was as 22-year-old Tulsa man who had made multiple trips to area medical facilities before he was tested.

Krystal Sauz told Fox 23 that it took three trips to three different facilities before her husband, Israel Sauz, ever got tested for the coronavirus. She said he was initially sent home from a Broken Arrow hospital with a fever, cough and other symptoms and was diagnosed with a stomach virus.

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Days later and after the symptoms continued, Israel Sauz was told at a clinic that he had a virus and was prescribed antibiotics. Krystal Sauz told the Tulsa-area television station that she pushed to have her husband tested for the coronavirus but was denied.

Israel Sauz got to spend a week with his and his wife's newborn child before he started developing a fever and cough. Krystal Sauz and their child went to her parents' house to protect their health, and she made regular visits back to help her husband at his and his parents' home.

Things took a turn March 29 when Israel Sauz had a fever reaching 104 degrees. He was too weak to walk, had shallow breathing and felt like throwing up.

Krystal Sauz contacted the state's coronavirus hotline, which told her to contact a hospital and tell staff there that the hotline recommended for her husband to be tested for COVID-19. She took him to Saint Francis Hospital, where he tested positive and was put on a ventilator the next day.

Israel Sauz told his wife over the phone he was scared but it was in God's hands. She told him she loved him.

Despite showing improvements over the next few days, Krystal Sauz received a call early Sunday saying that her husband may not make it. She got to visit him briefly in the hospital, standing outside a glass window to his room.

Israel Sauz was pronounced dead at 10 p.m. Sunday.

“My heart breaks for that 22-year-old person there in Tulsa,” Gov. Kevin Stitt said during a news conference Tuesday. “And I heard … that he had gone into the hospital and couldn’t get tested. What specifically happened and what hospital he went to and why they didn’t test him, it just breaks my heart.”

The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced Tuesday that 67 Oklahomans have died of the coronavirus and 1,427 people have tested positive. Stitt said 522 people have recovered.